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head_louse

head louse

See also: headlouse

English

Noun

head louse ‎(plural head lice)

A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.

Translations

insect

Catalan: poll del cabell m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 頭蝨 (zh), 头虱 (zh) ‎(tóushī)
Finnish: päätäi (fi)
German: Kopflaus f
Hindi: जूँ (hi) ‎(jū̃)
Irish: treaghdán m, míol gruaige m, babhdaí m
Italian: pidocchio del capo m

Norwegian:

Bokmål: hodelus m, f

Nynorsk: hovudlus f
Portuguese: piolho da cabeça m
Romanian: păduche de cap
Russian: головна́я вошь f ‎(golovnája vošʹ)
Shan: ႁဝ် ‎(haw1)
Spanish: piojo de la cabeza m
Vietnamese: chấy (vi)

See also

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